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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 28
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- Noting the negative health effects of early pregnancy and early childbearing, acknowledging the direct health benefit of school attendance for young girls, in the light of the link between years of school attendance and delay in childbirth, including evidence that each additional year of schooling delays the age at which a girl has her first child by approximately six to ten months and that each year of schooling reduces by 14 per cent the likelihood of a girl under 18 having a child, to 23 per cent,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 16
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- Recognizing also that access to quality education and information and the retention of girls in school are critical elements in the prevention of HIV infection among women and girls,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 17
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- Highlighting the crucial role that educational and awareness-raising programmes, policies and legislation play in preventing and eliminating sexual harassment against women and girls,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2017
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 24
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- Recognizing the need to ensure women's and girls' right to education at all levels, as well as sex education based on full and accurate information in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of girls and boys, and with appropriate direction and guidance,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 1999, para. 8
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- Acknowledging that millions of women do not have access to means that have proved effective in preventing and lowering infection rates, such as male and female condoms, anti-retroviral drugs, relevant preventive education, acceptable counselling and testing services,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 1999
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 23
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- Emphasizing the role of education and health literacy in improving health outcomes over a lifetime, and expressing concern about the high dropout rate, especially of girls in secondary education,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Forced marriage of the girl child 2007, para. 10
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- Recognizing that early marriage and early childbearing continue to be impediments to improvements in the educational, economic and social status of women in all parts of the world, and that early motherhood can severely curtail their educational and employment opportunities and is likely to have a long-term, adverse impact on the quality of their lives and the lives of their children,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2007
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 19
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the need to ensure women's and girls' right to education at all levels, as well as sex education based on full and accurate information in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of girls and boys, and with appropriate direction and guidance,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 8
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging that millions of women do not have access to means that have proved effective in preventing and lowering infection rates, such as male and female condoms, anti-retroviral drugs, relevant preventive education, acceptable counselling and testing services,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2000
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